Sam Altman: Global Average Monthly Token Usage Hits 100,000
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-09
Sam Altman highlighted the exponential growth in AI token usage. He noted that 6.5 years ago, an OpenAI employee consuming about 100,000 tokens a month was considered ludicrous. Today, the global average per capita has reached 100,000 tokens monthly, with OpenAI's top user consuming hundreds of billions.
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